>Is the Justice Department really serious about this?
> In view of Microsoft's monopoly with the Windows operating
>system, Reno was
> asked why the Justice Department has bought tens of
>thousands of PCs
> running Windows, rather than buying alternative operating
>systems.
>
> She replied that monopolies limit choice, "I don't think
>you endorse something
> by purchasing it," Reno said, "if that's the only game in
>town...in terms of an
> effective machine, the lowest price available."
The real reason Microsoft was sued was not that it's any sort of a real
monopoly - if it were, Linux and this discussion group would not be allowed
to exist - but as a ploy to get the computer/Internet industry to pay
tribute to Washington. What Clinton and Reno are hoping is that next time
around, Microsoft will buy a Senatorial campaign to get a competitor
destroyed, just as Novell did to Microsoft.
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